2092 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 873

any animal, fish or fowl, refuse animal or vegetable matter
from a kitchen, market, store, or abbatoir, or any admixture
of these materials with other refuse or feeding materials.

(2) No garbage shall be transported over any public high-
way or street of Anne Arundel County except to incinerators,
approved municipal dumps, in said county, or to desti-
nations outside the limits of Anne Arundel County, or
to farms in Anne Arundel County for the use in the
feeding of hogs, and no garbage shall be fed to hogs
except in concrete or other water-tight containers, the
feed containers to be washed and cleansed at least once
in every twenty-four hours, and no such feeding place
shall be located closer than 2,000 feet of any residence, except
the residence of the owner or tenant on such farm where feed-
ing places are established, public highway or public building.
Any residue in these containers for feeding purposes, and not
devoured by the hogs, shall be disposed of by incineration,
plowing under or burial within twenty-four hours after any
one feeding. The County Health Officer shall have authority
to enforce this section.

(3) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction there-
of shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars
($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprison-
ment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding thirty (30)
days, or may be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of
the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 873.
(House Bill 850)

AN ACT to repeal Section 165 of Article 9 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Charles County", sub-title "La Plata", and to enact a new
Section 165 in lieu thereof, enlarging the corporate limits
of the town of La Plata and providing for a referendum by
the qualified voters to determine whether this Act shall con-
tinue to be effective.